"ملف ٦٢/٨ IV كبار شيوخ وقبائل عُمان." [و‎‎٩‎٥] (٢٨٢/١٩٠)

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The former is about fifty and the latter forty
five. In 1948 they visited the Sultan and received
presents of Rs. 500/- each 0 They are close friends of
Saiyid Ahmed bin Ibrahim, the Minister of the Interior,
himself a tribal influence. Their strength is about two
thousand with some seven hundred rifles.
They are mostly date cultivators, but some who
are engaged in trade with India, Zanzibar and Africa are
possessed of considerable means.
This division of the tribe is at feud with the
Ibriyin. Outwardly they are friendly with both the Sultan
and the Imam and their attitude to the British is good.
They are settled and normally peaceful.
The second division lives around Driz in the
Dhahirah District. It numbers fifteen hundred and
possesses about four hundred rifles. These people are
bedouins, poor and warlike, engaging in cultivation and
camel driving. In alliance with the first division they
are also at feud with the Ibriyin. Though friendly .
with the Sultan, they are under the Imam's influence and
will not vote for the Sultan to succeed him. Their
Tamimah is Ali bin Said aged about seventy. Yftien he
visited the Sultan, also in 1948, he received Rs. 475/-.
The tribe gives its name to the Ghafiri political
faction to which it belongs.
EL HABUS,
The H£bus is an uncivilised tribe of Sharqiyah
whose population, which,, however, appears to be declining,
only entitles it to be mentioned. The people live around
Madaibi (their capital) and Rowdha, and are primarily
date cultivators and camel-men. They are in alliance / -/ ^
with the Hirth tribe and at feud with the Wah£b&s^
Their disposition towards the British and the Sultan is good|
but they would probably not support the latter’s candida
ture for the Imamship.
Their Tamimah, Khalid bin Hilal last visited the
Sultan in 1948 and received a present of Rs. 375/-.
ftL HAJHIYIN.
The majority of the Ha^riyin is bedouin, and lives
around El Bidiyah, their capital, in bharqiyah. Most are
camel drivers, robl-rs and warlike. A few engage in a
trade in ghee, leather and dates which extends to Africa,
Zanzibar and India. Like other shaikhs, thetr Shaikh Hemdan
bin Salim al Hajri, aged about forty, visited the Sultan
at Muscat in 1948. He received a present of about
Rsc 750/-. Though friendly with the Sultan neither he
nor his tribe is likely to support L_ mdidatura for
Imamship 0
The tribe is at feud with the Beni bu Ali and
El Hishnjo
BENI HARRAS.